THE Rabbitohs are firming as favourites to get Robbie Farah out of what has become an untenable situation at the Wests Tigers, with the 2014 premiers set to table a two-year deal.
Fox Sports NRL reporter Lara Pitt told
Monday Night with Matty Johns Souths are “pulling out all the stops” to bring Farah to Redfern, with Shane Richardson holding a discussion with Farah’s manager Sam Ayoub.
That meeting followed a phone call from Rabbitohs owner Russell Crowe to Farah, with the club heavyweights making their intentions clear as the NSW hooker weighs up his options.
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Whether or not he decides to make a home at Redfern, Farah looks to have played his last game for the club he won a premiership with in 2005, leaving him stranded three games short of his 250th for the Tigers, despite still having a year to run on his contract.
The star hooker was dumped to reserve grade three weeks ago and Jason Taylor’s men have been unbeaten since, and are now rolling towards an unlikely finals berth.
The final year of Farah’s contract is set to cost the club just shy of $1 million but the Tigers are understood to be willing to consider any offer to take their former skipper off their hands, meaning the Rabbitohs or any other interested club could potentially get an Origin hooker for less than $200,000-per-season.
It’s an offer that might be too good to refuse, with Farah linked to Souths, the Dragons and the Sharks in recent weeks.
Robbie Farah has had to become comfortable watching the Tigers from the stands.Source: News Corp Australia
The show’s host Matthew Johns urged Farah to take the lifeline being offered and make a new start with Souths.
“It’d be a great move for both parties,” Johns said.
“I think it’s a move that would give him a new lease on life, Robbie. And Souths, I’m watching the way they have been playing and they need a new direction in the way they play.
“Robbie Farah in the nine (jersey), I think he would really help that. The understanding out there is it’s just a matter of time, it’s going to happen. So, Robbie Farah to be a Rabbitoh.”
